School governor training
Apply for a course
All governors in South Tyneside can attend governor training courses.
Your application for each course will be acknowledged at least one week before the course's start date.
Book a place on a course
To register your interest in attending a course or if you have any queries, please contact Helen Richardson, Governance Manager on 0191 424 7867 or helen.richardson@southtyneside.gov.uk.
Booking information
- If a course is fully booked, you will be offered an alternative course (if available), or to go on a waiting list for a cancelled booking
- Courses may be rescheduled or cancelled if there are not many bookings
- Please don't turn up to a course without booking or checking that the course is running
- If you're unable to attend, please let us know as soon as you can
If a course is cancelled or rescheduled
If a course is rescheduled or cancelled, we will contact you by phone, email or letter as soon as we can.
Costs and charges
If your school buys into the programme, all events are free.
If your school hasn't bought into the programme, they will be charged in line with current attendance rates. Please check with your Chair of Governors or Head Teacher.
If you don't attend
If you don't tell the Governor Support Service that you can no longer attend a course, a non-attendance charge will be made to schools that don't buy-back into the service.
We do not want to charge your school, so please let us know that you can't attend a course as soon as possible.